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New AFL-CIO Building Trades president says ‘customer service’ is a top priority ‘Extreme Makeover’ TV show features members of IBEW #280 Twenty-three members of IBEW Local 280, including Carmen Broadway Floral for the BEST flowers call Latella, (pictured below) were part of a recent episode of ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.” The show uses all- volunteer labor to remodel or rebuild a home for one deserving family in each state. In June, the show came to Lewisburg, outside of Corvallis, and filmed a rebuild for the family of eight-year-old Jenessa “Boey” Byers, who is battling cancer. Legend Homes was the project manager, and M&W Electric agreed to do the wiring for the new house. The show aired Oct. 7. 1638 NE Broadway, Portland 503-771-5262 Quest Investment Management, Inc. • Serving Multi-Employer Multi-Employer Serving Trusts Twenty Years Trusts for for Over Twenty Years } Greg Sherwood Greg Sherwood Monte Johnson Monte Johnson Bill Zenk Bill Zenk Pat Worley One SW SW Columbia St., Suite 1100, Portland, OR 97258 One 1100 Portland, 503-221-0158 503-221-0158 www.QuestInvestment.com www.QuestInvestment.com OCTOBER 19, 2007 Ayers said. “Through specialized training in market research and sales techniques, local representatives and organizers will have the necessary skills to con- duct open, honest two-way conversa- tions designed to remove any previ- ously conceived notions about working union,” he continued. “We have to structure a comprehensive marketing and public relations pro- gram that seeks to tell a new, authentic 21st century story of our industry.” Annual Labor Law Conference slated Feb. 1 Mark your calendars for Friday, Feb. 1, 2008 — the date for the 12th annual Oregon Labor Law Confer- ence sponsored by the Oregon AFL- CIO, the Oregon State and Columbia- Pacific Building Trades Councils, IBEW Local 48 and the Center for Worker Rights. The conference organizer is Norm Malbin, in-house attorney for Local 48. The conference is for business managers, business agents and offi- cers. The goal is to provide informa- tion that will help them do their job better and to help avoid legal liability. More details will be published as the conference nears. Rain Forest Boots Made in America! Try a pair on, you’ll like them. Tough boots for the Northwest. AL’S SHOES 5811 SE 82nd, Portland 503-771-2130 Mon-Fri 10-7:30 Sat 10-5:30 Sun 12-6 THE UNION PLUS ® MORTGAGE PROGRAM Provided Exclusively by Chase Home Finance 7911 SE 82nd Ave. Portland, Oregon Spaces Available up to 35’ Cam Johnson Cam Johnson Adrian Hamilton Adrian Hamilton Doug Goebel Doug Goebel Garth Nisbet ers near retirement. As a result of both trends, “The union construction industry, due to our leadership in providing safe, highly skilled and productive workforce, has the potential to be the source of a sus- tained middle-class revival” and in- creasing union numbers, Ayers said. The department will explore de- velopment of a new multi-craft organ- izing approach that simultaneously targets both nonunion employers and workers in a given metropolitan area, Southgate Mobile & RV Park 503-288-5537 Q WASHINGTON, D.C. (PAI) — A new “customer service” orientation and new organizing initiatives will be centerpieces for new AFL-CIO Build- ing and Construction Trades Depart- ment President Mark Ayers. Ayers, director of the Electrical Workers Construction and Mainte- nance Division, business manager of IBEW Local 34 in Peoria, Ill., and secretary-treasurer of the West Central Illinois Building and Construction Trades Council, was unanimously elected to the presidency by the de- partment’s board. He took office Oct. 1, succeeding Edward Sullivan, who retired. In his inaugural statement, Ayers pledged to work to get three unions — the Laborers, Carpenters and Operat- ing Engineers — which have left the department to return. But he focused more on creating a more positive 21st century view of construction workers and ways to increase the use and num- ber of union construction workers. The activities all anticipate a huge increase in construction jobs in the next 10 years, as the U.S. tackles the task of rebuilding its aging infrastruc- ture, Ayers explained. Meanwhile, millions of veteran construction work- When it comes to mortgages, we’re taking a stand for Union members. 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